Genesee County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan

Farm Income Strength Keeps
Farmers Working on the Farm.
Proportion of Farms (%)
70
60
50
40
30
20
Proportion of Farms with Off-Farm Employment for
Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming Counties.
1987 1997
Low farm incomes in Wyoming
County forced more farmers to
seek off-farm employment. In 1987,
44 percent of Wyoming farmers
had off-farm employment and in
1997, that number had grown to
nearly 50 percent. Genesee
County has managed to keep the
proportion of farmers employed off
the farm relatively stable at 51
percent, while Orleans County
actually had off-farm employment
fall from 55 to 51 percent.
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Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture .
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Genesee Orleans Wyoming
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